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Woke 2.0's final form
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Woke 2.0's final form
I'm extremely cynical about SCOTUS but I still thought up until a few months ago the odds of them eliminating birthright citizenship were like 10% at best. Now I'm more at 50/50. They've gone mask off in some stunning ways this year, though usually on the shadow docket
NEW: The Supreme Court will once again consider the legality of Trump's attack on birthright citizenship, this time (likely) on the merits.
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'm extremely cynical about SCOTUS but I still thought up until a few months ago the odds of them eliminating birthright citizenship were like 10% at best. Now I'm more at 50/50. They've gone mask off in some stunning ways this year, though usually on the shadow docket
tfw you were enjoying someone's posts until they started talking about how Japan should've been nuked more
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
tfw you were enjoying someone's posts until they started talking about how Japan should've been nuked more
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The case appears to be an example of a tactic that the Trump administration has used to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the United States by separating them from their families after they refuse to comply with deportation orders.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The case appears to be an example of a tactic that the Trump administration has used to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the United States by separating them from their families after they refuse to comply with deportation orders.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/n...
the dad is in immense distress and possibly suicidal over the idea of being deported to China, so ICE took his son away
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
the dad is in immense distress and possibly suicidal over the idea of being deported to China, so ICE took his son away
we can make this happen, if we believe
easy to imagine benny johnson huffing asbestos on camera to own the libs
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
we can make this happen, if we believe
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
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Could someone please force these people to explain what it is they mean by “secure border”? What does that mean to you? Is it fentanyl being stopped? Is it no one gets asylum anymore? Does it have anything with what the word “security” means, like in the dictionary?
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Could someone please force these people to explain what it is they mean by “secure border”? What does that mean to you? Is it fentanyl being stopped? Is it no one gets asylum anymore? Does it have anything with what the word “security” means, like in the dictionary?
family separation is happening just like in Trump 1.0. but it's a bit more dispersed, so it's not having a fraction of the public impact
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
family separation is happening just like in Trump 1.0. but it's a bit more dispersed, so it's not having a fraction of the public impact
crucial support for my "elections are mostly vibes" thesis
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
crucial support for my "elections are mostly vibes" thesis
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🚨The federal watchdog system at DHS that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted so thoroughly that it could allow Trump admin to “abuse people with impunity”, experts warn.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harms
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🚨The federal watchdog system at DHS that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted so thoroughly that it could allow Trump admin to “abuse people with impunity”, experts warn.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
these are the sorts of orders that civil servants should be refusing
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
these are the sorts of orders that civil servants should be refusing
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all stanning of popes is necessarily conditional, the Church is the Church, but the man said AI won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God's creation so with all our conditions intact yes we stan
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
all stanning of popes is necessarily conditional, the Church is the Church, but the man said AI won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God's creation so with all our conditions intact yes we stan
he locked QTs, but while I mostly agree with this, the actual underlying problem is the law. ICE/CBP will continue to exist as long as we have a body of immigration law primarily focused on criminalization and deterrence. can't abolish them without massive legal reform
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
he locked QTs, but while I mostly agree with this, the actual underlying problem is the law. ICE/CBP will continue to exist as long as we have a body of immigration law primarily focused on criminalization and deterrence. can't abolish them without massive legal reform
driving a motorcycle in a bike lane? straight to prison, no trial
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
driving a motorcycle in a bike lane? straight to prison, no trial
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This was eye-opening for me.
Really just fantastic reporting by @matinastevis.bsky.social today: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
She Tried to Leave America. She Entered an Immigration Hall of Mirrors.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This was eye-opening for me.
someone fucked up pretty bad if DHS isn't even pretending to offer a legitimate rationale. "standard questioning" is secondary inspection at the airport, not throwing him in a hold room for 3 days
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
someone fucked up pretty bad if DHS isn't even pretending to offer a legitimate rationale. "standard questioning" is secondary inspection at the airport, not throwing him in a hold room for 3 days
I'm not in the camp of people who think every ICE/CBP officer needs to be prosecuted post-Trump. But the number of them who *do* need to be prosecuted is non-negligible
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm not in the camp of people who think every ICE/CBP officer needs to be prosecuted post-Trump. But the number of them who *do* need to be prosecuted is non-negligible
look if a bunch of guys want to run around concussing each other for a few hours that's their god-given right. I just don't think anyone should be making money off it
the Monday Night Football sideline reporter just casually described a player getting concussed to the point of vomiting and then returning to the field
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
look if a bunch of guys want to run around concussing each other for a few hours that's their god-given right. I just don't think anyone should be making money off it
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this is a metaphor for waking up and logging on
the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this is a metaphor for waking up and logging on
nobody should know this much about RFK Jr's cum
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
nobody should know this much about RFK Jr's cum
Mamdani is the top and we all know it
also, “politics is bottom/top not left/right” might work as a slogan but is shit as analysis. who is the bottom? who is the top? who constitutes an “elite” and who belongs to “the people?” these are important questions that have to be answered.
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Mamdani is the top and we all know it